"Just know that we are always here for you no matter what."
- ―Brenda to Jalen
Brenda Long was the owner of Long Corporation. She is the mother of Jalen Long and the wife of Atticus Long as well as the mother-in-law of Tiffany Stewart, the step grandmother of Lucina Stewart, the step grandmother-in-law of Bryce Summers, the step great grandmother of Lucien Summers and the step great grandmother-in-law of Luna Snow. She along with Atticus was murdered by thugs when Jalen was only four.
She is portrayed by Dakota Johnson.
Biography
Early life
Brenda Long was born in Seattle, Washington. She works at Long Corporation, a gaming company, where she meets and marries the owner of the company Atticus Long. Together, they have a son Jalen Long, who they state is their greatest creation. Apart from working for the company, she spends most of her time at her home taking care of Jalen.
One night when Jalen was four, Long Corporation was having a banquet to promote a new gaming system. After the event, Atticus and his family were leaving the banquet late when two guys came out of nowhere and mugged them. Atticus was told to hand over his car keys and wallet which he did but he did so while trying to protect Jalen and Brenda. This upsets the muggers and without warning, Atticus was shot and died straight after. Brenda takes Jalen and run with the muggers behind them. She sends Jalen off to get help leaving her being raped and beaten by the muggers before they got arrested. Brenda was rushed to the hospital but she died hours later leaving Jalen to live in a foster home since Jalen's aunt wants nothing to do with him. There, Jalen was mistreated by his foster family and he ran away from the police when he was accused of raping his foster sister Elena Margaret and beating his foster dad for silence when it was really his foster dad attempting rape on Elena and Jalen beat him up to stop him.
Have A Purpose
Jalen, after becoming a vampire during his time on the run and joins Tiffany Stewart and the Cullens, marries Tiffany and in their honor, Alice Cullen set up seats where Jalen's parent's photos were placed. Brenda makes her appearance after Jalen's graduation party with Atticus stating how proud they are of Jalen for finding his way knowing what it takes to run their family's company seeing that Jalen plans to go to their alma mater so that Jalen will one day own the family company.
Physical appearance
Brenda has long black hair with curls which was passed down to Jalen minus the curls and a heart shape face.
Relationships
Brenda Long is the wife of Atticus Long and the mother of Jalen Long. She is also the mother-in-law of Tiffany Stewart, the step grandmother of Lucina Stewart, the step grandmother-in-law of Bryce Summers, the step great grandmother of Lucien Summers and the step great grandmother-in-law of Luna Snow.